Teaching by Principles:A Case Teaching Plan of ELT

Since the early 20th century, Chinese ELT teachers and researchers have been seeking the best method for ELT. Different methods have been introduced, tried out and found unsatisfactory. In teaching practice, many have come to favor that although no single ELT method can meet all teaching and learning needs, many ELT methods have valuable insights into ELT that should be drawn on. However, teachers need a set of principles to adapt their teaching procedure to the specific circumstances. This paper, through a case teaching plan, presents how to apply varies teaching methods to design teaching plan under the guide of teaching principles.     

任务型教学方案在数学教学中的应用

针对目前基础数学课程的改革现状,结合任务型教学模式的特点,分析了任务型教学法在数学单元教学中的具体设计方案及教学效果,比较了与传统教法的不同之处。提出了任务设计既要考虑学生的兴趣和基础,又要考虑学习的系统性和有效性。     

田径跳跃项目专项动作协调能力研究

通过对田径跳跃项目专项动作特征的研究,对田径跳跃项目专项动作协调能力进行了探索,认为田径跳跃项目的动作协调能力在运动技术上表现为：爆发性用力;跑跳结合;摆、蹬结合和空间动作的控制与定向能力四个方面,这将有助于我们对其专项运动协调能力水平做出科学的量度和判断,提高专项运动协调能力.     

民营企业投资行为分析——基于对133家温州民营企业的问卷调查

通过对133家温州民营企业在投资倾向、投资决策、投资环境评价等方面的调查与分析,得出的结论是:新投资项目投向温州以外的其他区域占了多数,投资其他区域的最重要原因是投资环境较好;多数企业认为影响投资决策的关键因素是投资成本低,而完善的行业协会、融资渠道畅通和能利用温州集体品牌对企业投资决策的影响较小;投资环境总体仍不尽人意,反映了土地及房产价格过高、技术与管理人员供应不足和政府部门的工作效率低等突出问题。     

城郊休闲度假场所规划初探——以圆梦湖休闲度假村规划为例

随着旅游度假升温,人们的度假方式已由观光旅游逐渐向休闲度假模式转变.根据市场的需求,从功能分区、空间组织、景观营造、服务设施、地块划分等方面的规划策划,把圆梦湖休闲度假村建设成为新的多元化的度假避署场所.     

高职院校行动德育模式研究

行动德育强调构建以大学生为中心的家庭、学校、用人单位(企业)三位一体的德育工作运行模式。这一模式重在大学生的德育实践,把学校、家庭与用人单位紧密联系在一起,相互配合、相互支持,共同推动大学生道德力的提高,进而培养出符合社会需求的高技能人才。     

Resistance in action learning: struggling with self-efficacy and the social Self – and what about the set advisor?

This account of practice explores the concept of resistance in action learning. Resistance is conceptualized as an attempt of self-protection that is manifested in action learners' struggles with their sense of self-efficacy and their social Self. These struggles are an inherent part of the action learning process and may elicit defensive undercurrents that constrain learning. I contribute to debates on criticality in action learning by recognizing the centrality of resistance as a source of learning for participants and set advisors. The intended contribution of this paper is to illuminate the importance of engaging with these limiting processes which can spark a powerful learning experience that reverberates long after the action learning programme has finished. Furthermore, I reflect on the opportunities this alternative view on resistance may provide for us as action learning facilitators and discuss how we may incorporate these reflections in our practice.     

Theme and variations: one middle school’s interpretation of mandated action research

In the current climate of accountability, action research is one way for teachers to evaluate instructional changes designed to improve assessment results. It may become increasingly common for administrators to mandate teacher involvement in action research, yet few studies have been conducted in such settings. This article focuses on one middle school where the principal mandated action research for all teachers. Projects were carried out within academic departments, and department chairs were given latitude in how to organize and implement projects. This study explores project implementation and teacher perceptions of the action research. Interviews were used as an appropriate tool to explore teacher perceptions, with document analysis providing triangulation. Results from interviews of administrators, department chairs, and department members suggest an overall positive attitude toward action research, as well as variation in how action research projects were carried out. Differences occurred across several dimensions of action research, including context, motivation/ purpose, definition of action research, and organization of projects. Variations appeared to be influenced by each department chair’s experience with action research and approach to departmental work, and each department’s history of working together on instructional improvement efforts. This study suggests that administrators who mandate teacher participation in action research projects need to think about both the positive (providing teacher ownership and interest within the mandated context) and problematic (possibly leading to variation in the instructional impact of projects) aspects of project variation.     

Teacher professional development through collaborative action research: impact on foreign English-language teaching and learning

In 2011 we, a group of English-as-a-foreign-language teachers at a secondary school in Argentina, decided to investigate our teaching practices through collaborative action research so as to improve our students’ learning opportunities and thus revitalise English-language teaching in our context. We implemented and evaluated the integration of content and language learning in our classrooms through the development of our own materials. The experience revealed a growth in professional development and how our motivation and autonomy influenced our students’ motivation and language development. In our attempt to disseminate our experience as a group, this report particularly focuses on the evaluation facets of our collaborative action research project so as to encourage other teachers and teacher-researchers to adopt collaborative action research to improve their own practices.     

Pupils' perspectives on the lived pedagogy of the classroom

This paper is based on a pedagogical action research initiative that explores what constitutes the ‘lived pedagogy’ of the classroom from the pupils' perspective. Photography and group interviews were utilised to allow pupils to express their perspectives. The results show that pupils considered situations meaningful when they were able to work, solve problems and create items together. The pupils appreciated situations in which they experienced a sense of belonging and could influence the use of time and space during the school day. The paper considers possibilities and challenges related to acknowledging pupils' voices in the lived pedagogy of the classroom.